Monday March 15th

 Good morning! These are just a few of the last of the cards made from the 'garage sale' finds! I know, I said I would show them a week ago, but....we know how time flies! The next two cards are from Altenew. I showed earlier, but I did get the set at the garage sale.

              Below is a Spellbinders Santa. Made 4 of these the first day!

               Wreath from Paper Artist. Hot off the Press.

            This  is a Close to my Heart mothers day stamp. Isn't it pretty? The frame is a Pink fresh frame. Just the stamp was from the garage sale.... So, except for a tiny snow globe & stamp set, & a Christmas cling set with a skating bear and sledding penguin.(Have no idea where they are from), this is it for the garage sale stash!!

                                        Thanks for looking!! 

                                              Mary

Monday

 Yes, there is a ton more stuff to show from the garage sale! start off with the little animal set from Art Impressions. Thats it, just teeny animals. They are scaled to go with the watercolor scenic stamps.

A better picture of the tiny animals from Art Impressions

            

             More Critter stamps the Halloween kitties from Whimsy stamps. Cute. Just ONE more shaker!

                                                      EEK! You're how old!

                                          

                            See  you tomorrow with one more critter!
                                        Thanks for Looking!

                                               Mary

 

 

Saturday March 6th

Good morning! I have been having so much fun with my new stash! Here are some of the cards I made with the 'garage sale' goodies!

 

Breakfast first!

Hot off the Press Poinsettia

                                                            

                                     This is the snow globe dies and 2 stamp sets

                                                   
                       Below is an accessory set that I haven't used Looks new

     

                                                           Really tall, but versatile
                                                          

                    This wreath is a favorite for sure. Like the tiny roses too!

             Having some blogging issues right now. Will add to this tomorrow!

                                Thanks for looking!

                                           Mary

                                       

Saturday

 Yes it is Saturday already! This time last week we went to a 'garage sale' at Paper Bunny. Got some really good 'stuff'. I usually get good stuff, but this time was ALOT of good stuff. I have been playing this week all week with my new goodies!! Decided to split this post into two parts. In this one you will see what I got when I dumped it on my glass table!! The next part will feature some of the things I made with the goodies!

                        Tim Holtz stamps, dies & embellishments

              Cottage cutz ... seals are adorable! The Igloo & penguin too. Great for shadowbox cards!) I cut alot, but didn't do a project.

                           Haven't used these above. Sent some to Dawn. The paper artistry or Hot off the press is awesome! Two sets of snow globe themed stamps (tree, house, flakes, snowman), the snow globe and then,.... ferns (tall) and a poinsettia dies. Wow!

                                      

                

    Art impressions watercolor sets, Penny Black NOEL, Spellbinders tree & santa, and I forgot the little ascessories from Paper artistry! The star, candy cane, deer and more!

 So for now I need to wait to daylight to photo the next series!

Thanks for looking!

Mary

Thursday March 4th

 Good afternoon!! It is beautiful here in Nevada! Should be outdoors, but here I am editing and blogging. This is a quick ' share'. I am sorry about the photographs, I used a gold charger plate for the cards, and they don't show as pretty. The stamp and die set is from Altenew, it is called Adore you. Lovely set, again I forgot to photograph the complete set. Used my copic markers on the stripe card. The stripes are called brushed stripes from Concord & 9th.

           On the next cards I practiced the underpainting with copics and I used colored pencils on the white embossed card.

 On these (yes, they are the same) B41- E95 E93 & R30.

                   Hope you enjoyed and Thank you for today!

                                                   Mary

Sunday Feb 21st.

 Happy Sunday! I have been anxious to share these cards, but now I am not sure I am ready or qualified.  I was waiting for the 'glare' to go away so I could photograph the cards, but I got anxious and did some 'teaser' photos! Hope you enjoy.

               So, notice the Pinkfresh studio 'floral notes' stamp and yes, layering stencils. Awesome!

                Looks pretty straightforward. Stamping, stenciling or coloring. I used copics for the coloring the yellow flower.

 

 

 

               The stamp is easy to use as that slimline card or split into two cards. The Verse is from Rubbernecker. Nice one layer card. 

             'you are the sweetest'sentiment is in the stamp set.

                   Showing the Pinkfresh studio stamp, and stencil set. Notice the nice sentiments with the pretty script. There is a die for the flower & stencil set. 

The two cards were stamped as one stamp, cut apart and I used the stencils and pinkfresh ink for color. The grid die is from Ali express. Just extra pieces from the turquoise flowers.

                          

                    

            Now the next ones are colored with the Underpainting technique from Vanilla arts. Please go to the site and watch Amy Schultes tips and classes. This is new to me, because of that, I am dying to share with you. Remember I am a REAL beginer!! Thats like buying a box of copics and only taking one class/ or no class and thinking you can teach it. Actually I did get certified to teach copics with one class, and a teacher that talked about her boyfriend. it was  probably10 years ago, but no one in that class deserved to be certified, as she didn't look at anyone's work. Collected her $120.00. There are fabulous teachers online and Amy Schulte has a unique view of color.

Lots to explain here! So I did the underpainting with a copic marker. I followed the Vanilla Arts Combo for the Dawn gold. I picked the combos which I was certain I had all the markers. Then I underpainted with Blue violet!! Who would guess. Then the shading was applied in 3 yellows. Again I loved it, BUT Amy Schulte says to look at each petal of a flower and  how its color affects the next color. I am sure I was just jazzed to watch the results!

       This flower is pretty open with very little accented petals, so it was too easy to just apply a base overall. That is not what Amy intended! The moisture is what allows the ink to blend, not the color. So doing one area at a time slowly would have been nicer. 

    Love the colors, but honestly can't remember what I used. Again, I am still working to fast, not enough detail. Scan what you do! I hate a notebook ...lots of kid images and flowers. Really nicely copic colored. If you scan and write the colors used, you can make another card real fast. My cards go to different places so I repeat sometimes. Sun was on it, but I copied some of the combos from Vanilla Arts.

                               

 This one turned out to be a favorite, but I still can't believe it started with the YG06! I had a hard time with that and pink. Yes, in the flower. I added white colored pencil on top & didn't like that, so see, I really need a class! Called Peony Punch..

 Next one is Rose Sorbet with a B41 base & E's! 

                  This is all for now, there is more I promise. Amy Schulte uses her  prismacolor pencils for a push/pull effect. Yes, over the copics. So much to learn... Go to vanillaarts.com and enjoy!

                                      Thanks for looking!

                                           Mary